disposition / scheduling
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scheduling / planning
The planning, allocation, and organization of resources, staff, orders, or means of transport. This term is mainly used in logistics and business administration.
Die Disposition ist dafür verantwortlich, dass alle Lieferungen pünktlich beim Kunden ankommen.
Scheduling is responsible for ensuring that all deliveries arrive at the customer on time.
disposition
A person's personal temperament, character, or basic mood.
Trotz der Schwierigkeiten behielt er seine heitere und optimistische Disposition.
Despite the difficulties, he kept his cheerful and optimistic disposition.
predisposition
In medicine, an organism's susceptibility or receptiveness to certain diseases.
Wegen seiner genetischen Disposition für Diabetes muss er besonders auf seine Ernährung achten.
Because of his genetic predisposition to diabetes, he has to pay special attention to his diet.
power of disposal
In a legal or financial sense, the authority to dispose of something, for example money or property.
Der Vormund hat die Disposition über das Vermögen des Mündels.
The guardian has power of disposal over the ward's assets.
'Disposition' is a word that is mainly used in technical language or formal contexts. You rarely hear it in everyday conversation.
Der Fachartikel beschreibt die genetische Disposition für diese Erkrankung.
The specialist article describes the genetic predisposition to this disease.
In business and logistics, 'die Disposition' (scheduling/planning) often refers to an entire department. This department plans the use of vehicles, staff, or materials.
Die Disposition muss die schnellste Route für den LKW finden.
Scheduling has to find the fastest route for the truck.
When 'Disposition' (disposition) refers to a person's character, it is often combined with adjectives like 'freundlich' (friendly), 'ruhig' (calm), 'optimistisch' (optimistic), or 'melancholisch' (melancholy).
Er ist für seine ruhige und ausgeglichene Disposition bekannt.
He is known for his calm and balanced disposition.
In a medical context, susceptibility to a disease is often expressed with the fixed structure 'eine Disposition für etwas (Akkusativ)' (a predisposition to something, accusative) or 'zu etwas (Dativ)' (to something, dative).
Sie hat eine genetische Disposition für hohen Blutdruck.
She has a genetic predisposition to high blood pressure.
In the legal or financial sense, the fixed expression 'die Disposition über etwas haben' (to have power of disposal over something) is used. The preposition 'über' requires the accusative here.
Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes hatte sie die alleinige Disposition über das gemeinsame Konto.
After her husband's death, she had sole power of disposal over the joint account.
availability / order
Verfügung and Disposition can both concern the authority to decide about money or property. Verfügung tends to emphasize actual control and use, while Disposition is a legal or financial term for the underlying authority.
Die Kontoinhaberin besitzt die rechtliche Disposition über das Geld und darf darüber entscheiden.
The account holder has the legal power of disposal over the money and is entitled to decide what to do with it.
Die Kontoinhaberin hat die Verfügung über das Geld und kann es für den Kauf nutzen.
The account holder has control over the money and can use it to make the purchase.
